About Me

My name is Dimitris Kourkoulos. I live in Arillas and I run my fathers taverna (Brouklis) that was established in 1973, the year that I was born. In fact, I grew up in this taverna.

When I started creating the Arillas.com website , it was a joke in order to tease some local people that live abroad and make them feel homesick in a nice way. I had to learn everything by myself because when I was educated there were no computers (at least in my school).

Every day I dedicate some minutes of my life to going down to our beach and taking a couple of pictures which I post on this website.

Now I see that there are a lot of people who have almost become addicted to my daily pictures and are waiting every day for me to post them. I feel very obliged when I see daily 800 to 1500 visits on my website, so I always try to steal some time from my work and do my duty. But I also have a feeling of satisfaction when I do this. Suddenly, it has become my hobby and I really enjoy receiving some feedback about Arillas through this website.

I dedicate this website to my home and to its visitors that keep coming back year-by-year.

Arillas.com is not really promoting my home but is meant to keep you all in touch with each other in order to exchange your memories and experiences of Arillas.

I will try to list as much as I can or I'm allowed about this area. If there is anything you would like to have added on the website you can discuss it with our more than 3500 members of our forum.I have been observing this forum since it started and I think that it has helped some people to find their way back to the apartments inwhich they stayed some time in the past, or it has helped newcomers to choose the right accommodation, car hire, trip, etc.

I did not like to have a web page that just says " YES COME ON! WE ARE THE BEST, EVERYBODY WELCOME" , etc.

In Arillas.com YOU are the reporters and YOU have to choose whether Arillas is the destination you are looking for.

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Events in Arillas

Voluntary Recycling Centre in Arillas

Since June 2018, various recycling centres have been established in Corfu.In an attempt to protect the environment, the economy and the health of the people of the surrounding villages, to support the economic activity and the jobs, far from solutions such as “landfills”, the people at a district, village, and neighbourhood level, have already undertaken initiatives to reduce the volume of their waste.

Corfu Beer Festival - 25th to the 29th September 2019

The dates are now officially announced for the next great Corfu Beer festival in Arillas.
CORFU MEETS HOLAND
I must say this is not just a beerfestival like those around the world. It is a mixture of different celebrations and cultural events, together with a great number of local business and products.

Corfu Beer Festival 2018 - 26th to the 30th September

The dates are now officially announced for the next great Corfu Beer festival in Arillas. I must say this is not just a beerfestival like those around the world. It is a mixture of different celebrations and cultural events, together with a great number of local business and products.

The Arillas Wine Festival in 1st September 2018

The Arillas cultural Organization which is consisted by over 100 members from Arillas, Afionas and Kavadades has established that the Annual Wine Festival will be taking place this year on Saturday the 1st September 2018.

Arillas Trail opening on May-day 2018

The Annual "Arillas Trail" event will take place on May the first.!Come and walk the Arillas Trail with us on Tuesday the first May 20178.

Discover the charms of nature hidden in the ancient trails of the area around Arillas. Those ancient trails are given new life thanks to the contribution of the local cultural club and the people of Arillas .

The Ascension festival in Arillas 2018

On Thursday the 17th of May 2018 there will be this year’s first festival in Arillas. It takes place near the local Church and old school of Arillas village which is about one and a half km from the beach on the way to Magoulades on the main road.